diff --git a/modules/programs/yt-dlp.nix b/modules/programs/yt-dlp.nix
index af74db16d..599f9a188 100644
--- a/modules/programs/yt-dlp.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/yt-dlp.nix
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    xdg.configFile."yt-dlp/config" = mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) {
-      text = concatStringsSep "\n"
-        (remove "" (renderSettings cfg.settings ++ [ cfg.extraConfig ])) + "\n";
-    };
+    xdg.configFile."yt-dlp/config" =
+      mkIf (cfg.settings != { } || cfg.extraConfig != "") {
+        text = concatStringsSep "\n"
+          (remove "" (renderSettings cfg.settings ++ [ cfg.extraConfig ]))
+          + "\n";
+      };
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/default.nix
index 4b09a9c5a..74a664edc 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{ yt-dlp-simple-config = ./yt-dlp-simple-config.nix; }
+{
+  yt-dlp-simple-config = ./yt-dlp-simple-config.nix;
+  yt-dlp-extraConfig = ./yt-dlp-extraConfig.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-extraConfig-expected b/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-extraConfig-expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..339606778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-extraConfig-expected
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--config-locations /home/user/.yt-dlp.conf
+
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-extraConfig.nix b/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-extraConfig.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c28d44e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-extraConfig.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.yt-dlp = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraConfig = ''
+      --config-locations /home/user/.yt-dlp.conf
+    '';
+  };
+
+  test.stubs.yt-dlp = { };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/yt-dlp/config
+    assertFileContent home-files/.config/yt-dlp/config ${
+      ./yt-dlp-extraConfig-expected
+    }
+  '';
+}